@2

"You cannot claim this game is accessible yet until you take your main method of playing through the game within the fires of online battles."

I don't really intend to play online, because I'm well aware that it most likely will be too difficult to play for us. I have friends with the game, and I definitely intend to play with them. I don't really think every mode of the game has to be playable for it to be accessible.

"    Also, I did not really see anything resembling accessibility features.  You were just utilizing some accidental bonuses to help orient yourself to where most of the fights were going on.  However, not being able to tell if the people near you are friend or foe is a big red flag.  Worse in online battles as your attempts to identify your fellow players will get you shot, fast.  And the shot does not even have to be a headshot after whatever defensive thing you had goes down."

Of course they weren't actually accessibility features, I never claimed they were. Yeah, they are completely accidental bonuses that make it a little accessible, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to try to play a game if it doesn't have accessibility settings specifically for us. If I had that mindset, I wouldn't be able to play Pokemon, Call of Duty, Mortal Kombat, Super Smash Brothers, etc.

    "If you're going to try to convince us to drop the $40-$60 to buy a online wargame, you're going to need to start with video of actual online battles and how you play through it, before creating a video demonstration (fight me, this is EA we're talking about.  They're going to keep prices high until the game is virtually dead and they're working on the next microtransaction cow).  There might be people just satisfied with playing against computer controlled units, but these games get stale after a while of the same thing.  Human players tend to give games like these their life."

I'm not trying to convince anyone to buy the game. I'm just letting people know that the option is out there, that we don't have to keep playing side scrollers for the rest of our lives. And I know this isn't that important, but the game is $40 tops digitally. I swung by Gamestop and got it for $30.

@5

No, they fixed that a while back. Characters are pretty easy to unlock.

Hello,
@1 , @2, the probleme is that you're both right.
We don't have to wait for developpers to implement acessibility features to play a game, but if the only thing we can do in that specific game represents less than a quarter of the game's possibiities (and I think I'm generous), then we're probably wasting our time, trying to convince us that we're actual players of that game.
Next point, we don't have to play sidescrollers for our entier life, you're totally right. I can't thank you enough for saying this. But does that mean we have to play games by using more luck than strategy, more more random gameplay than actual one ? I've read many many posts about maden nfl 19, from people who clearly admit that atleast half of the information in the game is missing for us, but still say that the game is playable and that they're enjoying it. Honnestly, I'm glad to hear it, glad to hear that it is possible for them to enjoy a game even if it is partially unplayable. But as long as major parts of the elements of gameplay are completely randomized by the lack of information, I'm not sure I can consider myself as an actual player.
I don't mean to be rude or anything, but I'm more and more convinced that we'e trapped into some kind of vicious circle, formed by side scrollers or basic fps without any complexe features in one hand, and fighting games or unaccessible ones that are guessed accessible by some on the other hand. I don't have any suggestion, I'm not a developper, and I don't know anyone in the great videogame production studios, I'm not freely complaining without any purpose, I'm just sad about a simple fact, we're clearly running  around in circles when it comes to audiogames.

Best regard,
Simon

@6

I'll definitely mess around with that. Must have missed it.

@7

Where are you getting the fraction a quarter from? Here are the game modes that are playable:

1. Offline against AI.

2. Online against friends.

3. Campaign.

Lastly, I don't know 100% if online against random people isn't playable. For example, you can unlock items that will give you different buffs, some that would directly benefit blind players. For example, you can test out different item configurations offline as you play. I've been playing around with a buff that gives me faster health regeneration, and more points every time I get hit. Also, it's only been a day since I made that video, but I've already gotten better at aiming, evading, and melee attacks. So to say that there isn't any strategy and only luck I feel is misguided.

So to wrap things up, saying that a quarter of the game is playable I feel is a miscalculation. I feel like a proper estimate would be around half, at the least. I'm willing to take half, considering the most accessible games like MKX and Injustice, have a lot of their content that we can't play such as living towers and gear customization.

Once more, you are right. To be honnest, my point was more general. I posted it on this topic mainly because it's part of the global question we all ask ourself today about audiogames, accessibility and potentially accessibilisation.
I've probably underestimated the playability of this particular game, but to go back to the exampel you gave, I don't consider mortal kombat or injustice are more playable or anything. To me, as most of the interresting challenges are even not conceivable, the most we can do is to enjoy the sound quality and the basics of gameplay as we try to convince ourself that we're actually playing, and not simulating. Again, you or the game you"re talking about is absolutly not the target of my opinion. I just wanted to point out that we're not going any further if we keep accepting half a game as a full one, it would probably be the same as considering side scrollers as the best we can ever obtain from game developpement.
To conclude and give you an example you didn'tn mention and that gives an alternative point of view, skull girls, despite the few difficulties we may encounter, can be considered as playable, even more accessible to me. Even without considering the fact that a screenreader can give you all the textual information you need, the audio atmosphere itself is enough to develope really good performance, even against sighted players.

Best regard,
Simon

Well, going to wait for now.  the pc version is still nearly 60 quid so hopefully it'll go down at some point.

So for anyone who is curious about picking this up, it's currently $9 if you have xbox gold. I might check this out.

guys give ross a break. he is just putting a game out there for us, that some of us might get some enjoyment out of, when we get tired of the typical blind audio games that are out. the main point he focused on throughout the vid is, the sound in the game can help you navigate, kill some drones, and have a good time. he never said you would be a all master jedi, that will be slaying sighted players online left and right. instead of criticizing his walk through, and pointing out ways the game is not accessible, how about trying to find different things online, or even renting the game from game fly, to give it a go and try to find out some more things about the game to make it playable. ross thankyou for the walkthrough man, really appreciate it. I have much respect for blind gamers that try and push the envelope when it comes to main stream gaming